BakerI always thought I'd return home to my small Texas town as a hero after a long and glorious career as a professional pitcher. Instead, I sneak back into town, late at night, after a career-ending injury. Only one person could get me back here under these circumstances. Imagine my surprise when I find her asleep in my bed. She thinks she just wants me to teach her a few bedroom tricks, but Olive Herrington needs to understand that once I claim her, she'll be mine forever.

A Forbidden Love/Curvy Girl RomanceRenI'm in my last three weeks of desk duty after getting my shield suspended for being a "hot shot" agent. Thankfully my supervisor gives me an off-the-books assignment to bide my time. All I have to do is go undercover as a manicurist in his younger sister's salon and keep her safe. Trying to blend in at a small-town beauty shop when you're six foot three and over two hundred pounds is no easy feat. But it turns out the hardest part of th...

Graphic, contemporary images show the bitter fighting between Hitler's SS armored units and the Allies in harsh terrain and winter conditions during WWII.In late 1944 under extreme pressure on both the Eastern and Western fronts, Hitler realized he needed to force the Allies into negotiating a truce thereby saving Germany from total defeat. Using the Christmas period to enhance the vital element of surprise, he ordered a devastating attack through the rugged and mo...

JessMy life is pretty perfect—on paper. I had a string of platinum albums and number one songs all before I hit my twenty-fourth birthday. I've got fame and more money than I'll ever be able to spend. What they say about fame is true: it's lonely up here at the top. The clichés I sing about are true too: all I want is someone who sees the real me and loves me despite all the drama. Then I meet a guy who seems to step right out of my fantasies—grumpy, husky single-dad cowboy—but he ...

The life of Hollywood’s number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas.Robert De Niro is the pre-eminent Hollywood character performer of our time: film portraits like the young Don Vito Corleone in THE GODFATHER II, Jake La Motta in RAGING BULL and Travis Bickle in TAXI DRIVER are some of the most vivid ever put on celluloi...

JackieThis year, all I want for Christmas is to not see my ex-boyfriend's wife flashing her baby bump all around town. When my best friend gifts me a week at a mountain cabin, I jump at the chance to get out of Saddle Creek for the holidays. Except instead of solitude and hot cocoa, I find the last thing I expect: Luca Daniels.Not only is Luca the hottest guy I've ever known, but he's also my best friend's older brother. Apparently, he thinks the cabin is his for the week. ...

My life has always been an open book.Until now.I have a secret.I've been chatting online with Mason Bell, mysterious and brooding drummer from the boy-band Soul Obsession.Suddenly, my infatuation feels less like a celebrity crush and more like two-sided flirtation. For a middle school teacher from a small Texas town, this is definitely the most glamorous thing that has happened to me.Especially when Mason asks to meet me in person before one of his concer...

What would happen to the world if the sun went out?New epic sci-fi from Stephen Baxter, the award-winning author whose credits include co-authorship of the Long Earth series with Terry Pratchett.By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way.But then one day, the sun goes out. Solar pa...

Graphically describes the appalling hardships faced by German troops on the Eastern Front 1941-1945.Hitler's shock decision to launch the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was arguably the turning point of the Second World War. Spectacular early victories saw the Nazis close in on Moscow but the Soviet 1941/42 winter counter offensive changed the odds entirely. Without doubt Russian winter conditions were a major factor compounded by the Germans' woeful lack of prepa...

He's coming home to claim her...JacobI've been on active duty since I was eighteen. My intentions were to be a soldier for life. Then her letters showed up. Now, everything has changed.I fell in love with her through her words and I know she feels the same. So I'm taking my shot. I'm going to walk right into her flower shop and tell her she's mine.BethanyI was born with a broken heart and I've got the thick, jagged scar to prove it. I've seen the way...

AllyHot guy, medical intervention, turkey baster,Whatever it takes.I want a baby,And I want that little bundle of joy now.So when life knocks me down,I decide getting knocked up is the only option.And Cooper Janns is--has--a perfect specimen.I want him--and his baby-making stuff.But crossing that line with your best friend,Just may be a disaster in the making.Cooper.Anything.I would do anything fo...

Can this runaway mail order bride find forever with the husky cowboy who saves her?JosieWhat kind of woman answers an ad for a mail-order bride and then backs out of the deal?A desperate one. Like me.My dad just died, leaving me alone in the world. I'm penniless and orphaned, trying to find the twin I never knew I had. The only clue I have to her identity and my own past is the name of a small town in Tennessee.Which is precisely why I answered the m...